One key issue of presidential candidate Sean Anderson’s platform was to look into a new contract for soft drink companies on campus.

Anderson said he was under the assumption that the contract would terminate in a year and a half, but according to university administrators, the current 10-year contract with Pepsi does not terminate for three years.

“We will not actually start to do any work (looking into other contracts) until the year before it expires,” said President Lou Hencken.

Anderson proposed to look competitively at different contracts from Pepsi and Coke and raised the possibility of bringing both onto campus when the contract expires. But university administrators assured that contracts are always given to highest bidder.

“We have to live up to our agreement (with Pepsi),” said Mark Hudson, director of the housing and dining administration. “But when this contract expires we have to ask what is to the university’s advantage.”

Presidential candidate Jillian Ruddy said that a duel contract between Pepsi and Coke will probably cost more for the university.

“It’s pretty unlikely that it would ever happen,” she said.

Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs also said a duel contract will not be very likely.

“Generally when you have both available (Pepsi and Coke), you don’t have as much leverage,” he said.

Nadler said the university gave up freedom of choice of soft drink selection to gain a good contract with Pepsi.